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No. 75,400. I EATENTED MAE. 1o, 186s.

D. L. EMERSON. r

PETROLEUM oR-GAS s ToVE.

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l Ea Letters Patent No. 'fi-5,400, dated March 10, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PETROLEUMOR GAS-STOVES.

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ALLlYHOh-[ITKMAY CONCFRN: I v Be it known that I, D. L. EMERSON, of thecity of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago, and State-of Illinois,have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Petroleum vor GasfStoves;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and enactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawing,vforn1ing part of this specification', in the several iigures ofwhich similar characters of reference denote the saine part. In thedrawin'g-- Figure lis a.V side elevation of a common cookingstove, withthe devices for burning petroleum, gas, or otherlhurning-iluids, inposition for use. i

Figurei ,'s a plan view of the top of the stove, also theconducting-pipes and burners.

Figure 3 shows the position of the slot S with reference to thekettle-opening ot the stove.

Figure 44r shows the stopper T for the opening S. i

Figure 5 shows the lamp L attached to the reservoir D.

Figure 6 shows the burnersF F.

My invention has reference to the application of devices for using, inthe common cooking-stove, petroleum, gas, or other burning-duide, andconsists cf certain combinations of devices hereinafter to be set forth.

In the drawing, A is the cooking-stove, of any approved pattern, uponwhich are placed vthe conductingpipes B' B,- whieh, for convenience ofputting on and removing, are placed about the top ofvthe stove, as shownin iig. 2. From these pipes@ B the burners E E F F', one for each of theeookingopenings of the stove, er B0 mimi .11S may be desired, conductthe fluid to the place of burning, each burner being supplied with astopcoclr for admitting and shuttingoii the fluid. The lujid issuppliedv frein the reservoir D,.which may be placed in any convenientposition above the stove, so that the fluid may be "brought to the pipesB B. The oval or conica1-shaped diskH is placed stationary underA thepipe B, and directly over the burner. The objectof placing' this diskover the burner is Ato spread, and to a certain extent arrest, thepassage of the dame, so as` to Iinsu're the complete combustion of thegas. This disk also serves to protect the conducting-pipe from the too Asevere action of the ame. Some of 'the advantages of the oval or conicaldisk over the fiat disk heretofore l.used are, that the ame can bespread just enoughto insure perfect combustion, and at the same time bebrought directly against the bottom of the cooking-vessel, instead ofbeing wasted on' the cast ring surrounding the'ame, si when the at diskis used. .This shape of the disk also allows the opening of the burnerto be seen and cleaned whennecessary, without removing'. the disk, whichcannot be done when the at disk is used. The space over the o ven isgenerally too shallow to admit the placing of the burners E E low enoughto he out ofthe way of the cooking-utensils, to obviate which diicultythe elevated rim K is placed about said holes, having in it holes forthe cooking-utensils, so that they may be the right height over theburners E E. The burners l vFJ!" are placed in the fire-box of thecommon stove, the conducting-pipe being bent so as to he out of`the wayof the cooking-vcssels, as shown in figs. 1 and 6. Forthe purpose ofconveniently putting on and removing the burners F F', the notch or slotS is made in the stove-plate surrounding the cooking-opening, in whichthe pipe enters, being bent so as to bo out of the way of thecooking-utensils.

It will be seen at the only change inode in the common cooking-stove toadapt it to the use of petroleum, gas, Aor other burning-fluids, uponthis plan, is to cut the notch or slot S, as described, and put inpositionthe reservoir D, conducting-pipes B B, withsuch burners as maybe desired. When it is desired to use Weed Aor coal in the stove withoutremoving the petroleum-fixtures, the burners F F are turned on theirhinge out of the {ire-boxl of the stove, as indicated by the dottedlines in fig. 1, when wood or coal may be used alternately withpetroleum inthe burners E E', or both may be used at the same time. i

Instead of the slot S'for putting in the pipes B B, as alreadydescribed, the pipes may be inserted in holes drilled in the top orsides of thestove, or, in new stoves, the slot-inlay be leftforinsertilg said pipes and burners, but theplate shown is deemed bestfor cheapness and convenience.

The stopplc T is made to close the notch S, when the pipe B is not insaid slot, that the draught of the stove may not be injured thereby.

"The lamp L is placed on the reservoir D, for the convenience of havingit always lled and ready for .we

whenever the reservoir is filled; and its colnveniencein being'alwaysredy for use, and in a, safe position, added to the excellece of thelight obtained from'the uids we use, make it a 'ery desirable additionto n; petrole-umstove. V f l Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, nd desire `to secure by Letters Patent, i-' [The oil-feservoirDand lamp L, (as one vessel,)in combination with the tubes B B, andburners E E and -F F/,co-nstructed as described, undv operating as andfor the purposes seit forth. v

i D'. Lf EMERSON. Witnesses:

WL W. BURsoN, y I i.

JAMES G. MANLGVE.

